North Korea has sent more soldiers to Russia and re-deployed several to the frontline in Kursk, Seoul's spy agency told AFP on Thursday. However, an official from Seoul's National Intelligence Agency said on Thursday they had been "redeployed" there.

A North Korean soldier captured by Ukraine said that the North has military training camps that feature mockups of facilities and buildings in Seoul, Busan and Jeju Island, according to a South Korean lawmaker who recently met the soldier on Thursday.

The psychological warfare to urge North Korean soldiers to surrender in battle has had little effect, according to Ukrainian intelligence.

South Korea’s spy agency said in a brief statement it was trying to determine exactly how many more troops North Korea has deployed to Russia.

Ukrainian troops holding positions in Kursk say the North Koreans have reappeared on the battlefield and become even more formidable foes.

Finance ministers and central bankers from the G20 top economies gather in South Africa on Wednesday and Thursday, for a meeting marred by the absence or curtailed attendance of key members and disputes over the main issues of climate, debt and inequality.

The South's spy agency said that North Korea appears to have sent additional troops to Russia, after its soldiers deployed on the Russian-Ukraine fronts suffered heavy casualties.

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea’s spy agency ... The NIS also assessed that North Korean troops were redeployed at fronts in Russia’s Kursk region in the first week of February, following ...

North Korea has sent more soldiers to Russia and re-deployed several to the frontline in Kursk, Seoul's spy agency told AFP on Thursday. South Korean and Western intelligence agencies have said ...

North Korea has sent more soldiers to Russia and re-deployed several to the frontline in Kursk, Seoul's spy agency told AFP on Thursday. South Korean and Western intelligence agencies have said that more than 10,000 soldiers from the reclusive state were ...